Mu Xue's desperate ice sealing of the "Primordial Dark Pool" was like removing the fuel from beneath a cauldron, instantly cutting off the Demon Lord's true form from its most stable energy supply. The dark origin that had flowed like a surging river, supporting the terrifying might of the [Eternal Silence Singularity], suddenly became as thin as a thread, intermittent and faltering.
As one force diminished and the other grew, Xiao Qi's pressure greatly decreased. The [World Purifying Green Lotus Seal], which had been on the verge of collapse, stabilized its position and even showed a faint momentum of counterattack. The green lotus purifying light and the desolate darkness fiercely clashed in the chaotic region, fragments of shattered laws scattering faster, tearing the already devastated surrounding space into further pieces.
The Demon Lord's true form let out a roar mixing rage with terror. Its black-hole-like eyes fixed firmly on the dark pool covered in mystic ice below, then suddenly turned toward the barely supporting Xiao Qi. Finally, its gaze swept across this Demon Nest core forbidden ground that was accelerating its collapse right before its eyes, riddled with countless holes.
This nest, which it had constructed over countless years of effort and time, this hotbed it used to restore its power and even attempt to surpass its peak, had now become a prison binding it, and due to the simultaneous attacks from within and without, had turned into an explosive about to detonate!
It could not continue like this!
A flash of extreme cruelty and determination crossed the Demon Lord's eyes. Since this nest was already useless, even becoming a burden, then... it would squeeze out every last ounce of its value!
"You... have driven me to this!"
It abandoned the energy-consuming exchange of law-based strikes with the [World Purifying Green Lotus Seal], and suddenly withdrew the weakened [Eternal Silence Singularity] back into its body. The next moment, on its semi-transparent obsidian body, all the dark veins lit up with unprecedented crazed intensity, as if transformed into countless greedy devouring mouths!
It no longer drew energy from outside, but targeted itself, and... everything that constituted this Demon Nest!
"Demon Nest... Return to Source!"
Accompanied by a cold and grand decree, the Demon Lord's true form suddenly spread its arms wide, making a gesture of embracing the entire space!
BOOM!!!
An indescribable, hegemonic devouring force, centered on the Demon Lord's true form, erupted savagely! This devouring force was not aimed at Xiao Qi and Mu Xue, but at the core forbidden ground itself, at the entire collapsing Demon Nest!
In an instant, a hair-raising scene unfolded!
The residual, writhing flesh walls of the core forbidden ground were forcibly stripped away by some invisible force, transforming into the purest demonic energy and flesh essence, flowing like a hundred rivers returning to the sea and rushing madly toward the Demon Lord's true form! Those falling, collapsing structural fragments, before they could drop into the void turbulence below, were crushed, purified, and devoured by this force!
The speed of devouring was astonishing! Visibly, the area of the core forbidden ground rapidly shrank, the surrounding darkness receded like a tide, revealing the more chaotic void backdrop behind. The biological substrate forming the Demon Nest's foundation, energy circuits, and even the imprisoned fused soul remnants... everything became nourishment for the Demon Lord's devouring!
Even the "Primordial Dark Pool" that Mu Xue had risked everything to seal with ice showed fine cracks appearing on its unbreakable mystic ice surface! The sealed dark energy, pulled by this hegemonic devouring force, began to violently tremble, on the verge of breaking free!
"It... it's devouring its own nest?!" Mu Xue endured the dual agony of soul and body, and upon seeing this, her eyes filled with disbelief and horror. This was truly drinking poison to quench thirst, destroying its own foundation!
Xiao Qi's expression also changed drastically. He clearly felt that as the Demon Lord madly devoured the Demon Nest remnants, its originally flagging aura due to the energy interruption was rapidly rising and expanding at a terrifying speed! The fine cracks on its surface caused by the law-based exchange were rapidly healing, its black-hole-like eyes becoming more profound and terrifying!
The Demon Nest was its creation, sharing the same origin. Now it was "recycling" the entire nest, forcibly absorbing its billions of years of accumulation into itself in a short time! This would undoubtedly restore power quickly, possibly even temporarily breaking limits, but the consequences were equally severe - it meant abandoning future potential and cutting off any retreat, a form of extreme madness and short-sightedness!
But at this moment, the Demon Lord clearly had no time to consider such things! It would use this self-mutilating method to gain overwhelming power, to thoroughly eliminate these two greatest threats first!
RUMBLE!
The Demon Nest's collapse accelerated dramatically due to this devouring! Externally, the Celestial Cycle Star Formation's light pillars continued their bombardment; internally, the chain of uncontrolled energy explosions was ceaseless. The entire Demon Nest was collapsing from both physical structure and energy perspectives!
And the Demon Lord's true form, in this apocalyptic backdrop, transformed into a dark vortex devouring everything, its aura rising like a rocket, quickly surpassing its previous peak and continuing to climb! A more terrifying, more despair-inducing pressure, like a tangible tide of darkness, crashed down upon Xiao Qi and Mu Xue!
Just as they had glimpsed a sliver of victory's dawn, it was instantly shrouded again by a heavy, suffocating shadow due to the Demon Lord's insane self-devouring act!
Xiao Qi clenched his fist, watching the Demon Lord whose aura kept soaring, as if it would transform into destruction itself. He knew the final moment was approaching. The opportunity Mu Xue created had been exhausted, the Demon Lord had been driven to a dead end and revealed its most crazed, most terrifying aspect.
Next would be the ultimate collision of power and will, with no tricks or shortcuts!